1. Genome-wide SNP analysis of Siamese cobra (Naja kaouthia) reveals the molecular basis of transitions between Z and W sex chromosomes and supports the presence of an ancestral super-sex chromosome in amniotes.
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Laopichienpong, Nararat, Kraichak, Ekaphan, Singchat, Worapong, Sillapaprayoon, Siwapech, Muangmai, Narongrit, Suntrarachun, Sunutcha, Baicharoen, Sudarath, Peyachoknagul, Surin, Chanhome, Lawan, Ezaz, Tariq, and Srikulnath, Kornsorn
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SEX chromosomes , *COBRAS , *CHROMOSOMES , *GENETIC sex determination , *AMNIOTES , *SEX differentiation (Embryology) , *COLUBRIDAE - Abstract
Elucidation of the process of sex chromosome differentiation is necessary to understand the dynamics of evolutionary mechanisms in organisms. The W sex chromosome of the Siamese cobra (Naja kaouthia) contains a large number of repeats and shares amniote sex chromosomal linkages. Diversity Arrays Technology provides an effective approach to identify sex-specific loci that are epoch-making, to understand the dynamics of molecular transitions between the Z and W sex chromosomes in a snake lineage. From a total of 543 sex-specific loci, 90 showed partial homology with sex chromosomes of several amniotes and 89 loci were homologous to transposable elements. Two loci were confirmed as W-specific nucleotides after PCR amplification. These loci might result from a sex chromosome differentiation process and involve putative sex-determination regions in the Siamese cobra. Sex-specific loci shared linkage homologies among amniote sex chromosomes, supporting an ancestral super-sex chromosome. • 69 SNP loci and 474 PA loci was associated with sex-specific loci in females. • From a total of 543 sex-specific loci, 90 showed partial homology with sex chromosomes of several amniotes and 89 loci were homologous to transposable elements. • Two loci were confirmed as W-specific nucleotides after PCR amplification. These loci might result from a sex chromosome differentiation process and involve putative sex-determination regions in the Siamese cobra. • Sex-specific loci shared linkage homologies among amniote sex chromosomes, supporting an ancestral super-sex chromosome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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